A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Queensferry (or South Queensferry), parl. and royal burgh, par., and small seaport town, Linlithgowshire, on the Firth of Forth, 13 miles NW of Edinburgh by rail - par. and royal burgh, 11 ac., pop. 1064; parl. burgh, pop. 1676; town, pop. 1966; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. The parl. burgh and town extend into Dalmeny par. Queensferry, situated at the south end of the great Forth Bridge, so named from being the place where Margaret the queen of Malcolm Canmore crossed the Forth on her frequent journeys between Edinburgh and Dunfermline, was long an important ferry station. It has some coasting trade. There are remains of a Carmelite friary built in 1332. Queensferry is one of the Stirling Burghs, which return 1 member to Parliament.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary and royal burgh, parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Queensferry ScoP Queensferry Burgh West Lothian ScoCnty |
| Place names: | QUEENSFERRY | QUEENSFERRY OR SOUTH QUEENSFERRY | SOUTH QUEENSFERRY |
| Place: | Queensferry |
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